Gear shift for automobiles.



i Wi W "i "mi GEAR-SHINE FR AUQMBJLES.

Specification of Letters leient.

To al/ 'wlw/m it concer/ri:

Be it known eheh We, CURTIS DAWSON, Jr., and Mee L. Mfriiusws, Citizens of the United States, residing :it ll/hituey ioint, in the County of Broome. Stime oi? New York, have invented certain new :md useful improve merits in freer-Shifts for Automobiles; muil. we do'lgiereoy ieelm'e the following io lie u fuil, elem; und exact description oi' the iiiveiifaioiia suoli as wili 'emilie others skilled io. the arl; to which ii, opperieiiis io Heike and use the sume.

This invention reh'iies to e ouioxoobiies.

Ao. objeo oiE the imeuivioii resides io ihe iror-isioii oi :i dei 'ee by irieziiis oi which the 1feers ii'izijjv' he shifted Wiihou the danger of .tripping 'the seme,

further object of who invention resides in so constructing ille device that the neeessiiy for ihrowiug oui; t'heeclueeli by ineens geur shift for "Il i ile fooi: pedal. during 'the shifting of ihe will be obvioted.

f'fi iiurhor objeei; oi the invention resides io so eoiistrueilirig the device thaiwhen the gear shifting; lever is in its neutral position the clutch willhe disengaged.

A stili 'further ohjecbo the invention rein. so eomieetiog the clutch to the geur shi''iig lever 'lLhet the eluieh will lie gradi ally :Voci resilieniy fed intoengegemeiia es the irs ere shifted so that when the gears are ei'iireiy' in engagement the clutch will also he in its operaiive position.

A still further ohjeet of the invention resides in so eonstruehiig the device tht il: will not interfere wiih `he throwing out of the 4eluteh hy 'the ordinary pedal.

wiViih these and other objects in View7 such as Will appear as the Vdeseriplzion progresses, our invention comprises *alie combination and ungeineut of ports es seh orh in mid ziliirig within the scope of the 'appended Claims.

Referring to the chewing: Figure l is :i side elevation oiz our ie-vice showing the parte in Lhe positions 4friey will occupy when 'ehe shifting lever is in the neutral positionn 2 is o similar viewshowing'the posiiions of the ports when the gear shifting lever is in one oi: the fortfnirlA notelies of' 'the irl-` .iiotehesnoii `he bleek Fig. is a horizontoi sectional View on line li-i of Fie'. l, Fifa 'ence character L on the shaft 5 toward the clutch ioeiiiber o 5 is o 'Vertical sectional View 'miren longgiib ciinulljv of the d ive sliufi, F G is :i irog'- mental View slimming a moeeiiou of our device. Fig. is a section on line 7- olf Fig. l, tiiroiwh lie gear iei'er? looking downwardly? w, .h the ii-hioelr iii top piero Referring to ehe airewiij wherein .like paris ere indicated by i e characters throughout the several views: iii the ffii ings7 we have iilustrnied. o, y sion or. mitomobiie u'liieh indiouized, oy the refer ililoiiireai on 'ehe engine shaft is e eiuteli ,riieii'iher `.,h eop` erefizes with :i eeeoorfl eluieh member ii to form u eerie eiuteh. lliis eiuieh iiieriiber e is slidulily ieouii4 ai ou the ,sfeer signifi', 55 but rootehie 'therewih se it me); he shifted into engegeioerij' e with the eluleh. n'u-:iiiher 3 armi enlise the roieiion of he gear shzii; 5. Wye here uilustrmgeil only 'the Ces- 'imr (i of the goers since the .ff-ears theorhe inven- 'foriu loo essen' puri oY iioof *what is, the poriieulzir foririeeion of the i from this ees] og: und ooo--Y jfl-een@ end of the sieeve 8 emi the 'coller 9- is o coil spring l1 which enoireies ilfieV geel shaft Coimieeteri to bhe coller 9 'and eX- 'izenfiing parallel 'to the slizi'ii; on eeeh sicle thereof ere ay plureiihy of links which have slots liherein. hhrorgh which pins le exi-end., which pins are momieii upon the sleeve 8. Thus when the oolior 9 is shifted the 4tension on the spring l will be ir1- creased und 'the seid member /ff moved into engagement with the seid member 3 by the action' of the seid spring iii. iu order ther this coller 9 may he moved on. the shaft 5 es the geo-rs ere shifi'zed, We have 'provided e gear shifting lever 13" which .is p'ivoted, as at 11i', and has e rearwardly extending arm 15 -thereon to which is piveigeci e rod 162i which rod extends 'forwardly und i5 pwe3@ leo 

